Tippi Hedren, Grace Kelly and more of Hitchcock's muses

CaptionAlfred Hitchcock's muses

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Alfred Hitchcock had a type: Cool, refined, intelligent, stylish, ladylike and usually blond. If his leading lady didn't fit that description when he cast her, he made sure to mold her in that image by the time the film came out. The new movie "Hitchcock" reveals a less famous muse: His wife and partner, Alma. It looks into their relationship while he was filming what became one of his most famous films: "Psycho," starring Janet Leigh and Vera Miles.

Alfred Hitchcock had a type: Cool, refined, intelligent, stylish, ladylike and usually blond. If his leading lady didn't fit that description when he cast her, he made sure to mold her in that image by the time the film came out. The new movie "Hitchcock" reveals a less famous muse: His wife and partner, Alma. It looks into their relationship while he was filming what became one of his most famous films: "Psycho," starring Janet Leigh and Vera Miles. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Leigh was the big-name star in "Psycho" -- which made her early death all the more shocking. Hitchcock insisted that no one be let into the theater after the movie had started -- he didn't want audience members to feel cheated if they showed up late and missed Leigh all together.

Leigh was the big-name star in "Psycho" -- which made her early death all the more shocking. Hitchcock insisted that no one be let into the theater after the movie had started -- he didn't want audience members to feel cheated if they showed up late and missed Leigh all together.